the biggest question right now is the debt ceiling in july and august could be the next powder came. both sides seem to be shying away from a showdown over funding the government. they don't want to risk a government shutdown because both sides can blow up in their faces. that's probably a safe die. >> host: to join on c-span radio, which is her coast-to-coast, our guess is damian paletta covers the budget and economic policy issues for "the wall street journal" is joining us from clinton, maryland. our life for democrats, good morning. >> host: can you hear me okay? >> guest: if you turn the volume down, we'll hear you much better. >> caller: nobody's talking about jobs. we need to focus more on jobs and cutting the budget. our going to get out of the situation is people are paying taxes. so we are worried about cutting back and we need to go forward with jobs. with the sturdy programs, they're going in the hole. we don't want to do that. we want to move forward. we have an election and the people said they wanted to go with the democratic plan to rescue our economy. we're still fig